New job

Carissa stands in the hallway outside her apartment door, looking for her keys in her purse with her bags in the other. She feels the paranoia eat through her as she struggles, rummaging through her untidy bag. Finally finding the key, she happily opens the door. Immediately she is welcomed by the stale and warm air from inside the apartment, taking of her shoes she places them by the door. Walking into the kitchen she flips the lights on and places her bags on the small island in the center of the kitchen. Sighing as she starts remembering all the events of the day what she saw and how it ended up leading her to a strange man who wanted to so badly comfort her and how he took her to his restaurant and then took her shopping because he assumed that's what made all girls happy. But the truth was it didn’t, not for her at least. Walking to the sink she fills up the kettle and turns it on, grabbing her favorite mug and getting her green tea .

Grabbing the shopping bags she walks past the living room and goes straight into the tiny bedroom placing the bags on her bed. Slumping down on the bed, she feels the exhaustion eat at her, going into the bathroom she turns the faucet on and fills in the bathtub with warm water and adds in bubble foam. Entering the bath she washes and remembers the woman she saw Luke with, how different and pretty she was compared to her. Shortly after she begins crying again, not being to let go the fact that Luke has left her life for good and that, even though she loves him she has to let him go. Getting out of the tub she wraps a towel around her body drying herself with it in the process and then goes back to the bedroom and searches for comfortable clothes to change into. Deciding to try on one of the dresses the man bought her she picks out a black dress that hugs her body just right, feeling like the outfit need moderations she grabs a necklace ,one of the ones he bought her and puts it over her collarbone. Looking at herself in the mirror she realizes that for the first time in a long time she likes her reflection and somehow this encourages her to go and cook something. In the kitchen she stands with her phone in her hand with instructions on how to bake muffins. Since she didn’t feel like wasting money on all the ingredients she bought a muffin mix flour and since there isn't much to do she pours it in a bowl and pours milk and adds eggs to the mixture. Whisking it to perfection she takes her muffin tray and begins pouring it into the tray. Putting the finished product in the oven she hears her doorbell ring and she immediately goes to check who it is. Opening the door she is surprised to find a tall blonde man standing on the other side.

"Hi, I’m Cole and I am your new neighbor, I live just opposite your door. Since I noticed that you are new I wanted to give you a warm welcome to the building. And I brought you flowers just to help decorate the place" he nervously says this as he hands her the flowers. " Oh thank you that is very nice of you to do .And thanks for the flowers , I’m Carissa by the way and it's nice to meet you" she says holding out her hand to shake his. " By the way you look really nice , do you always wear things this fancy to the eat dinner or what" he asks her trying to make small talk. “Oh this I’m just trying it on nothing more, you should see what I wear everyday" she says attempting to making a joke. Eventually feeling uncomfortable from the awkwardness of the encounter she bids him goodnight and closes the door. Going back to her bedroom she takes the dress off, starting to feel uncomfortable .

Changing into more comfortable clothes, she realizes how empty the apartment feels without Luke and starts feeling really sad again. She decides to take her sleeping pills because she knows she will not sleep because she knows she won’t be able to stop the thoughts from of the loneliness she feels creep on her. Waiting for the pills to kick in she checks on her muffins , discovering that they are perfectly made she takes them out and takes a bite. Reaching for her laptop to search for a job she sits on the couch and eats the cupcakes she's made and drinks it with her green tea.

Eventually finding something open, she finds it's a position to be an assistant at a big Marketing company she decides that she'll go there tomorrow with all her papers in her hand. She's positive she'll get the job. Finally she feels the pills start to work their magic and she surrenders into the calling of the sleep state.

Waking up at 6:00 in the morning the next day Clarissa decides to clean the place before she starts getting ready for her interview. Finishing with the house she starts getting ready she begins taking a shower and picks out clothing that she deems professional. Feeling like she had a lot to eat yesterday , she decides not to eat in order to keep her weight at bay instead she opts to taking a water with her. With everything she needs she leaves her apartment desperate to be the first one to reach so she has time to get ready. Boarding a bus she reaches the building and enters.

Telling the receptionist she's here for a job interview for an assistant and tells her, her name she allows her to proceed and tells her which floor it is .Entering the elevator along with other people she makes her way to the last floor . Reaching the waiting area she realizes that she is the first one to arrive. Sitting down and filling a form she waits. While sitting there she notices the arrival of the boss who'll be interviewing her, her face morphs into one of shock as she sees that it is the same man from yesterday.

Feeling rather uncomfortable with the idea , she decides to step down from the interview and convinces herself that she'll find another job, that she has so many qualifications that it will be easy for her to be taken anywhere. Standing up to leave the man catches her before she makes it far “Ms. Jade, I didn't know you were looking for a job” he says . “ I just came here to check it out” she says fidgeting. “but now….think that I’ll....” She barely has time to finish her sentence as she is dragged by the man from yesterday into his office.

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